• nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    You’re still going to get a senile president.

    Harm reduction dictates voting for the least harmful outcome, period.

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      5 months ago

      the least harmful outcome is a third party winning

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          The same reality that thinking voting for Biden in a rural deep conservative state is going to swing the vote. You can convince every person in the cities to vote democratic and still lose to the country side that state. Voting doesn’t work the same for every state, don’t shame people for voting their conscious. It’s always okay to shame voting for Trump, but don’t shame people for voting third party.

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            Afaik, that’s simply not true. Take a look at the margins that Biden won by in 2020 in a few key states.

            You’ll notice that the third party votes could’ve easily swung the state outcome either way.

            Finally, you’ll notice how far behind third party votes are. The conclusion I’m drawing is that the possibility of third party votes influencing the outcome between the two candidates is greater than the possibility of a third party candidate winning.

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              I think we both agree that there are locations and states where it does truly matter. I think where I’d disagree is that it’s not applicable for every state. Sometimes it’s already decided on where you live. It’s better not to shame third party voters in situations like that. The only way to get a third party one day is by starting in locations like that. Though coming from a situation like that, I also understand it’s a less stressful election than one that you have a chance of winning. Just not worth shaming others who don’t have the option of winning and vote third party for president for their conscious. Still voting blue for everything else though.